Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 17:22:51 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> To: Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Crash on boot when disks are present? Message-ID: <v04220810b4e44582339c@[195.238.1.121]> In-Reply-To: <14526.37497.981697.452892@onceler.kcilink.com> References: <v0422080bb4e401fc570d@[195.238.1.121]> <14526.37497.981697.452892@onceler.kcilink.com>
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At 11:10 AM -0500 2000/3/2, Vivek Khera wrote: > There are anecdotal reports of other external SCSI drives causing such > errors at boot on BSD/OS as well. The solution is to power up with > the drive off, and turn it on once the boot is started, or something > silly like that. But why is it a problem now, when it wasn't a problem earlier this week? Could a simple firmware upgrade of the controller on the drive array really cause problems that severe? > I think it has to do with having both internal and > external drives on the same controller, but I'm not sure. This is not what I have. I have two Adaptec 2940U2W controllers that are dedicated to this drive array, and the internal drive is on a separate controller (the built-in AIC-7890). -- These are my opinions and should not be taken as official Skynet policy ========================================================================= Brad Knowles, <blk@skynet.be> Sys. Arch., Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin Note: No Microsoft programs were used in the creation or distribution of this message. If you are using a Microsoft program to view this message, be forewarned that I am not responsible for any harm you may encounter as a result. See <http://i-want-a-website.com/about-microsoft/twelve-step.html>; for details. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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